Carr Hill
Carr Hill | ||
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Metropolitan county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | GATESHEAD | |
Postcode district | NE9 | |
Dialling code | 0191 | |
Police | Northumbria | |
Fire | Tyne and Wear | |
Ambulance | North East | |
UK Parliament | ||
Carr Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It is bordered by Felling to the north, Sheriff Hill to the south, Windy Nook to the east and Deckham to the west. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Gateshead, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and 13 miles (21 km) north of the historic City of Durham. Once a village in County Durham, it was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974.
One of the less populous of the former villages that comprise the metropolitan borough, Carr Hill has a long history and was first developed by the Romans. During the Industrial Revolution it became the centre of pottery making in Tyneside, and numerous stone quarries, glass makers and windmills were set up. It also had a large reservoir providing water to several areas of Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne.
History
Early history
The origins of the name "Carr Hill" are subject to speculation. In the 18th and 19th centuries the village was usually referred to as Carr's Hill,[2] a possessive form suggesting that, like Deckham, the name stems from a notable family in residence.[note 1] It is more likely however that the name was taken from the Scottish Gaelic carr, meaning "rocky shelf".[3]
Parts of the early village were in Upper
Industrial period 1740–1860
The most important event in Carr Hill's formative history occurred in 1740, when John Warburton established a pottery at Carr Hill Lane. Warburton's pottery, later referred to as 'Carr Hill Pottery' and widely credited with bringing white earthenware to the region, transformed the village into one of Gateshead's potting epicentres and encouraged workers and traders to move to the area.[8][9] Warburton passed the pottery to his son-in-law Issac Warburton in about 1760, and by the time John Warburton died in June 1794 it was the largest in the Tyne Valley, commanding a rent of £100 per annum; by comparison, the Tyne Pottery on Felling shore paid £20.[10] When placed for sale in 1812, the advert described Carr Hill Pottery as "valuable and extensive".[11]
Carr Hill by 1820 was a modern and populous village,
Carr Hill House
Carr Hill House was the largest estate in the village;[25] a freehold mansion house on Carr Hill Lane.[26] The date of building is unknown, but it does not appear on an enclosure map of 1766, suggesting it was built after that date.[27] There is strong evidence that it was once a lunatic asylum; in 1770 an advertisement in a local newspaper declared:
LUNATICKS
Carr's Hill House on Gateshead Fell
To The Public
We beg Leave to inform the Public that we have opened the above HOUSE pleasantly situated about a mile distant from Newcastle, which we have fitted up in an elegant manner, with every Accommodation for the reception of LUNATICKS in genteel or opulent circumstances: in this House Persons entrusted to our Care shall be treated with the utmost Attention and Humanity. The terms are reasonable. R. Lambert, W. Keenlyside, H Gibson, R. Stoddard (surgeons to the Infirmary), Newcastle 1767.[28]
By the turn of the 19th century Carr Hill House was a residential property and farm, and in 1806 Matthew Atkinson responded to an advertisement in the Newcastle Courant and purchased the 12-acre (4.9 ha) estate.[29] In 1858 the house was in the hands of G. J Kenmir, town clerk of Gateshead from 1855 until 1856, who occupied a 26-acre (11 ha) estate on which he kept a large number of pigs.[25][30]
Industrial decline and modern development
By the late 19th century the village was in steep decline. In 1894, Whellan described Carr Hill as "a scattered village, which ... was dotted with windmills, now fallen into ruins, as are many of the houses."[31] Carr Hill Pottery had operated throughout the 19th century, but the once thriving pottery had by 1860 become little more than a cottage industry, employing a mere 8 employees and paying just £15 per annum in rent.[32] Ownership subsequently transferred to Thomas Patterson, of neighbouring Sheriff Hill Pottery, who eventually closed the Carr Hill works in 1893.[33] The buildings were demolished completely in 1932;[34] only the Old Brown Jug public house and a street named in honour of Warburton survived as reminders of the area's rich pottery heritage by 2010.[33][35] Carr Hill Quarry on Elgin Road was infilled and replaced by a school,[36] and although the windmills still stood, none operated as a going concern by 1890, and were instead used as tenement property or storehouses[22] Carr Hill Mill was demolished between 1919 and 1939[37] as was the last remaining mill in 1963.[38] Elliot's glassworks suffered a similar fate, closing in about 1900[14] and demolished in 1932.[34] Carr Hill House fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1921.[39] Carr Hill Reservoir survived until 1973, but by then the whole of Gateshead and Newcastle were supplied by the Newcastle and Water Company from Catcleugh and Whittle Dene in Northumberland and it had become redundant, and was covered soon after.[40]
Governance
Gateshead Council, Deckham–2012 local elections[46] | |||
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Candidate name | Political party | Number of votes | % of votes cast |
Brian Coates | Labour | 1,407 | 70% |
May Ainscow | Conservative | 214 | 10.7% |
Karen Therese Crozier | Liberal Democrats | 146 | 7.3% |
John Richards | National Front |
124 | 6.2% |
Norman Hall | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 118 | 5.9% |
Carr Hill is in the council
Carr Hill is part of the
The present MP
Carr Hill is in a safe Labour seat. Mearns' success in 2010 followed of Sharon Hodgson, who in the 2005 UK General Election polled over 60% of the votes cast[54] whilst in 2001, Joyce Quin was returned with a majority of 53.3%.[55]
Geography and topography
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Carr Hill, at latitude 54.9469 and longitude −1.58548, is "pleasantly situated" 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Gateshead[56] and 255 miles (410 km) from London. It lies on a bed of sandstone and clay and the land is steep in places, slopes from south to north and reaches a height of around 140 metres (460 ft) above sea level at the southern fringes.[5][57] This distinctive, steep topography means that Carr Hill sits atop "a lofty hill"[5] and this provides residents with good views to Newcastle upon Tyne in the north, the north-west and north-east towards the North Sea.[58] Around 25% of the land is open space and 70% residential.[57]
Documents indicate that the settlement boundaries lie at the Split Crow Road in the north, Nursery Lane to the east, Hendon Road to the west and Sheriff Hill to the south.[59] Carr Hill was part of County Durham until it was incorporated into the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead by the Local Government Act 1972.[60] It is now bordered by settlements which are also part of the metropolitan borough. These are Sheriff Hill to the south, Deckham to the west, Felling to the north and Windy Nook to the east.[59]
The climate in Carr Hill is temperate like much of the north east of England. The mean highest temperature, at 12.8 °C (55.0 °F), is slightly lower than the England average (13.1 °C (55.6 °F)) though the mean lowest temperature, at 7.2 °C (45.0 °F), is somewhat higher (5.6 °C (42.1 °F)). The total annual rainfall, at 643.1 millimetres (25.32 in), is significantly lower than the national average of 838.7 millimetres (33.02 in).[61][62]
Demography
Carr Hill compared (2001) | |||
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Carr Hill[63][64] | Gateshead[63] | England[63] | |
Total population | 3,200[note 5] | 191,151 | 49,138,831 |
White (including mixed White) | 98.6% | 98.4% | 90.9% |
BME | 1.4% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
Aged 0–19 | 24.8% | 24.2% | 26.32% |
Aged 65+ | 13.8% | 17.3% | 15.9% |
Male | 47% | 48.3% | 48.7% |
Female | 53% | 51.7% | 51.3% |
According to the
Carr Hill Nook has a high proportion of
In 2011, Carr Hill had a population of 3,465, compared with 9,938 for the wider Deckham ward.
Carr Hill compared | Carr Hill | Deckham (ward) |
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White British | 93.6% | 92.3% |
Asian | 2.0% | 2.4% |
Black | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Carr Hill is an area of Deckham and a sub area of the town of Gateshead. In 2011, 6.4% of the population were non-white British, compared with 7.7% for the wider area and ward of Deckham. The ward is split into three sub districts, Central Deckham, Carr Hill and Mount Pleasant. Carr Hill is in the south of the ward and is less ethnically diverse than Mount Pleasant and Central Deckham. But the area is more so than nearby Pelaw and Windy Nook.
Economy
Carr Hill performs poorly in comparison to the wider borough in terms of economic activity and opportunity. Some 42% of children in the ward live in poverty, the second-highest figure in Gateshead. The adult unemployment rate is 7%, compared to 5% borough-wide, the joint third-highest figure in Gateshead.
Leisure and recreation
There are no libraries in Carr Hill, though Gateshead Central Library, the largest in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, is nearby.[78] Gateshead Leisure Centre in Shipcote and Saltwell Park are close by.[79]
Parks
The second park is Carr Hill Reservoir Park, which occupies the site of the covered reservoir at Carr Hill and Ruskin Roads.[81] This is a larger park containing a play area and contained sports area paid for by fundraising by local residents.[86] There is also a full-size football pitch, which is the base of Sheriff Hill Football Club; a club of around 125 players.[87]
Venues
There is some evidence that there were at least two inns during the 18th century, although their precise locations and names are unknown.[88] In 1827, Parson and White's Directory listed the Brown Jug, adjoining Carr Hill Pottery at Carr Hill Lane[89] and it is likely that this venue is one of those earlier inns.[note 6] The second is likely the Old Fellows Inn, located near the Brown Jug at Carr Hill Lane, listed in 1844, but later listed as 'The Free Gardeners Arms".[90] By 1856, both the Brown Jug and the Free Gardeners Arms were well established and thriving[34] and continued to prosper well into the 20th century, under the slightly different names of The Old Brown Jug and The Gardeners Arms.[22]
Despite one document referring to both as "social landmarks", they experienced a significant downturn at the turn of the twenty-first century.[36] The Old Brown Jug closed and laid derelict for several years; in 2009 an application was made to convert the property into a block of six apartments.[91] Although the application was declined,[92] the pub and surrounding locale became something of a "no-go" area,[93] and a new application by Yorkshire Homes to convert the public house into a single residential property was approved in 2011.[94] The Gardeners Arms continued to trade until 2011[95] but was vacant when, on 1 July 2012, the inn was gutted by fire. It was immediately put up for sale by the owners and subsequently demolished.[96][97]
Culture and community
There are no structures
The Elgin Centre
The Elgin Centre, on Elgin Road at the south–east boundary between Deckham and Carr Hill, provides "the key cluster" of community provisions for residents.[100] These facilities contribute to the regeneration of the suburb.[101][102]
The facilities are utilised by the Route 26 Community Project, a registered charity based at the centre
Transport
The principal roads in Carr Hill are Carr Hill Road to the south, Coldwell Lane in the east, and Nursery Lane, which bisects the suburb centrally.[111]
Journey time by road to Gateshead is around 10 minutes, and around 15 minutes to central Newcastle upon Tyne. Residents have a comparatively low level of car ownership (46.9%), when compared to the borough average of 56.8%. Some 27.3% of residents travel to work by public transport.[112]
Carr Hill is mainly served by Go North East's Quaylink Q1 and Q2, with buses running up to every 15 minutes to destinations including Felling, Gateshead, Leam Lane Estate and Wrekenton. Go North East's 67 service also provides an hourly service to Metrocentre and Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The nearest Tyne and Wear Metro stations are located at Felling, with the nearest National Rail station being Heworth.[113] The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport, which is located around 7.5 miles (12.1 km) away.[61]
Education
Carr Hill compares unfavourably with the wider Gateshead area in respect of adults with educational qualifications. 43.5% of adults have no educational qualifications, compared to 38.4% across the whole of Gateshead and the England average of 28.9%.
Religion
According to the 2001 UK census, 78.9% of Carr Hill residents identify themselves as
Our Lady of the Annunciation Church
Built in 1950, this modern,
Notes
- ^ Some authors have suggested that the name may relate to a John Carr of Dunston Hill, but it is accepted that there is little supporting evidence. See Proctor, 2006: 31 at para.1 and Manders, 1973: 337
- ^ Manders, 1973: 309. Indeed, in March 1888, North Country Lore and Legend, Monthly Chronicle recalled: "Gateshead Fell, as the name implies, was once a wild common, over a portion of which lay the road between Durham and Newcastle. The loneliness of the bleak moorland was quite guile enough to invest it with terror to travellers a hundred years ago and occasionally there were incidents that served greatly to enhance the evil repute of the locality". (author unknown)
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 22 at para.2 writes "Commissioners appointed to oversee the division of land subject to Enclosures were generally sober types, not given to dreaming up Roman roads that had not existed."
- ^ A small cluster of streets around Brettanby Road in the east are actually in the Windy Nook and Whitehills Ward. See Gateshead Council Windy Nook and Whitehills Ward Factsheet 2012[permanent dead link] p.1
- ^ Figure is cumulative total of Lower Layer Super Output Areas Gateshead 011C and 012D per the 2001 UK Census. Gateshead Council records the combined population of the Carr Hill and Sheriff Hill neighbourhoods to be 5,576 (at NPE, 2008: 8) but does not provide separate population figures for the two. All other data is, however, provided separately and is specific to Carr Hill.
- ^ "Given the frequent name changes of the public houses on Carr Hill, one gets the impression that the Brown Jug was the most firmly established public house on Carr Hill and the one most likely to date from the 18th century." Proctor, 2006: 26 at para.5
- ^ All figure are averages across Lower Layer Super Output Areas Gateshead 011C and 012D per the 2001 UK Census. Gateshead Council does not provide specific data.
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- ^ Whellan, 1848, 803
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 31 at para.2 and Manders, 1973: 337
- ^ Manders, 1973: 308
- ^ a b c Mackenzie and Ross, 1834: 110
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 22 at para.3
- ^ MacKensie, 1827: 726
- ^ Manders, 1973: 63 at para.1
- ^ Carlton, 1974:
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 13 at para.2
- ^ Newcastle Courant, 18 April 1812
- ^ Surtees, 1820: 66
- ^ Carlton, 1974: 117
- ^ a b Manders, 1973: 77
- ^ Sykes, 1833: 171
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 1
- ^ a b Mackensie and Ross, 1834: 110
- ^ Douglas, 1840: 33
- ^ Douglas, 1840: 57
- ^ "Genuki: A Short History of Gateshead - CHAPTER NINE, Durham".
- ^ Douglas, 1852: 128
- ^ a b c Manders, 1973: 63
- ^ 'England – Durham: 007', Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 – Epoch 1 (1862).
- ^ Manders, 1973: 288
- ^ a b Fordyce, 1857: 780
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 15 at para.5
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 29 at para5
- ^ Newcastle Chronicle, Saturday 1 August 1770.
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 15 at paras 3–4
- ^ Rogerson and Tuxford, 1858, 255
- ^ Whellan, 1894: 987
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 28
- ^ a b Carlton, 1974: 78
- ^ a b c d Manders, 1973: 315
- ^ Manders, 1973: 341
- ^ a b GC 13, 2008: 1
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 19 at para.5
- ^ Carlton, 1974: 77
- ^ Manders, 1973: 135
- ^ Manders, 2973: 288
- ^ Manders, 1973: 172, para 2
- ^ Manders, 1973: 172, para 3
- ^ Manders, 1973: 172–3
- ^ Carlton, 1974: 118
- ^ Carlton, 1974: 117–8
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- ^ Author unknown, "Ward Information–Deckham" Archived 13 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Gateshead MBC (retrieved 17 June 2012)
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- ^ Author unknown, "(Profile) Joyce Quin", They Work For You (retrieved 14 April 2012)
- ^ Author unknown, "Contact Ian Mearns", IanMearns.Org (retrieved 16 April 2012)
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- ^ Author unknown, "Election 2005", the BBC Online (retrieved 14 April 2012)
- ^ Morgan, 2001: 67
- ^ Whellan, 1856: 803
- ^ a b GC13, 2008: 2
- ^ GC13, 2008: 1 at column 2
- ^ a b NPE, 2008: 5
- ^ Manders, 1973: 23
- ^ a b Unknown (2012). "Carr Hill Weather, United Kingdom". World Weather Online. (retrieved 19 September 2012)
- ^ Unknown (2012). "England 1971–2000 averages". The Met Office. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. (retrieved 19 September 2012)
- ^ a b c d Author unknown "Neighbourhood Statistics, Area Gateshead, Key figures for 2001" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Office for National Statistics, UK Census 2001 (Retrieved 14 April 2012).
- ^ NPE, 2008
- ^ NPE, 1008: 8
- ^ NPE, 2008: 13
- ^ NPE, 2008: 11
- ^ NPE: 2008, 14
- ^ a b NPE, 2008: 15
- ^ "Deckham - UK Census Data 2011".
- ^ GC13, 2008: 1 at col.1
- ^ GC13, 2008: 1 at col.2
- ^ Davies, 2011 at para.5
- ^ WFS, 2012: 2
- ^ WFS, 2012: 3
- ^ EHT, 2008: 52
- ^ EHT, 2008: 53
- ^ NPSD, 2006: 60 at para. 8.18
- ^ NSPD, 2006: 60 at para. 8.20
- ^ G15, 2008: 1
- ^ a b CYP, 2008: 24–5
- ^ Prcotor, 2006: 4
- ^ a b Quinn & Barker, 2009: 3 at para. 9
- ^ Quin & Barker, 2009: 3 at para. 8
- ^ Mullen, 2010
- ^ Bailey, 2007: 15
- ^ GAA, 2011: 7
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 25 at para.3
- ^ Parson and White, 1827: 113
- ^ Proctor, 2006: 26 at para.1
- ^ Application No. DC/10/01168/COU, Gateshead Council
- ^ Hutchinson, 2010
- ^ Glover, 2011
- ^ Application No.DC/11/00006/COU, Gateshead Council
- ^ Mullen, 2011
- ^ Fire destroys former pub, ITV, 1 July 2012 (retrieved 9 July 2012)
- ^ Pentagon, 2012: 12
- ^ Quinn, 2004: 14
- ^ Quinn, 2004: 9
- ^ UDHC, 2006: 13
- ^ UDHC, 2006: 43
- ^ NPSD, 2006: 59 at para. 8.5
- ^ Registered Charity number 1064584
- ^ Author Unknown, Route 26 Community Project– Charity Overview, The Charity Commission (retrieved 21 June 2012).
- ^ OFSTED reference number EY340899
- ^ Author unknown, Housing fund gives Deckham project £2775 training boost Archived 20 April 2013 at archive.today, Gateshead Housing Company, 4 March 2008
- ^ NSDP, 2006: 59 at para. 8.6
- ^ Author unknown, Roll up to the Deckham Carnival Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today, Home Group, 2011 (retrieved 21 June 2011)
- ^ Bradshaw (Christmas issue), 2011: 2
- ^ Bradshaw (issue 22), 2011: 1
- ^ GC13, 2008: 4
- ^ EHT, 2008: 59
- ^ Author unknown, Nexus Buses 68, Go North East (retrieved 2 July 2012). The reference points are neighbouring Windy Nook and Sheriff Hill.
- ^ Petts, 2010: 1
- ^ Petts, 2010: 2
- ^ Gater, 2008: 3
- ^ Petts, 2010: 3
- ^ Manders, 1973: 210
- ^ EHT, 2008: 55
- ^ EHT, 2008: 56
- ^ Manders, 1973: 184
- ^ Author unknown, "News in Brief", Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 30 November 2004
- ^ Hickman, 2008: para.s 1–3, 24
- ^ McKay, 2009: paras 1–3
- ^ Author unknown, Our Lady of the Annunciation, Millway, Gateshead, Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (retrieved 8 July 2012)
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